Furring-strip bracket



April 28, 1931- J. P. PAuLlsSEN FURRING STRlP BRACKET Filed Aug. 8, 1928 l gwuwntot cf fwn/Z 21136611/ Patented Apr. 28, 1931 Y TED JOSEPH r. rirUL'rssEN,L or nANKAKnn, rLLiNors Y ,Fungmasrnrr narrcxnciy l t Applicationfiledy August 8, 1928. Serial No. 298,272.

The invention relates to bonds for furring strips used in connectionwith walls andthe like, and to which wall board, laths, or any other wall material maybe attached, and has for its object to provide a bon-d for thereception of a furring strip land comprising a looped portion through which the strip eX- tends,and an arm adapted to be imbedded in the mortary between brick, tile, concrete blocks or other wallelements for securely anchoring the bond andstrip carried thereby to a wall;

A. further object is to vform the bond from a singlel piece of sheet material bent to form, and having an armi overlying the imbedded arm and provided with a struck in lug having its outer side provided with a right angular shoulder engaging a similarly shaped shoulder in the anchored arm and cooperating therewith whereby outward movement ofthe first mentioned arm is prevented, and allowing easy insertion of the 'furringstrip A further object is to provide the arm of the bond with ridges whereby the arm would n be positively held against outwardy move- 2.5 ment when imbedded in themortar.

A. further object istoprovide the bond vloo with apertures through which securing means may be passed for anchoring the strip inrelation to the bond. p

A. further obj ect is to provide the bond with an angular-ly shaped loop for the reception of an angle iron, and the anglel iron and loop with apertures through which securing wires may be passed for anchoring the angle iron against longitudinal movement. Also to provide the angle iron with apertures whereby a wall facing or other material may be attached to the wall. n

A further object is to provide bond means whereby furring strips may be attached to a wall by imbedding arms of the bonds in the mortar between the wall elements, an-d to which furring strips a wall facing may be attached for forming an air chamber between the facing andthe wall for ventilating and insulating purposes. r v

A further object is to provide separable interengaging means between the arms of the bonds whereby the loops may be slightly 5.0. spread when inserting a furrngstrip.` A lsg tov provide the` loopsv withf apertures through which securing" means may be passed for anchoring the furring'strips against longitu# dinal movement in the loops.

l/Vith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement'of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in th-e drawing, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodimentk of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimedl without departing from the spiritof, the Y invention. Y

In the drawing .y Y Figure l isl a perspective View of a portion of ya brick wall showing the furring stripsv and `wall facing applied thereto. Figure 2 is a perspective view of one ofthe furringstrip bonds.

Figure 3 1s a vertical longitudinal ysectional view through oneof the bonds.V

.r Figure 4 is a perspectiveview of a modified form of bond, showing the arm thereof crimped.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a portion of a tile ,wallshowing the bond of a modified .formcarried thereby for supporting an angle 1ro11... c

igure 6 is a'vertical longitudinalj sectional view through the loop end of the bond shown in Figure'. u

Figure shown inA Figure 15.

7 is a perspective view ofthe bond Figure 8 1s a vertical transverse sectional View through a portion of the cement block wall, showing the bracket appliedthereto.

4Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1- designatesv a wall formedfrom courses of brick havingmortar layers 2 therebetween. Although the wall is shown as formed from brick, it is to be understood it may be formed from stone, hollow tile, cement blocks or any other material, and vapplicant does not limit himself in this particular.v Secured toy one side of they wall l in spaced relation are hori- *l zontallydisposed furring strips 3 formed from wood, and to which, the wall facing .4

i isy adapted tobe securedk by nails' 5.

The wallfacing 4 may be of any material,

,Egr instance conventignal-form of wall .board l yformed from compressed pulp, laths or metal lathing, if it is desired to apply a plaster finish.

`shoulders 9 of the'ends 8 and arms 6 as interlocking clearly shown in VFigure 3 which shouldersprevent outward movement 'ofthe ends 8 in relation to the arms 6 when said 'armslare imbedded in the mortar 2.

Y The ,downwardly' struck shoulders' also stiffen the bond adjacent its outer end and obviater thenecessity of. using rivets which would ,weaken the bond arms, and at the same time allow theV loop?, as well as the loops Tarot the modified formsfshown in Figures 5 to. 8to be easily spread for inserting the furring strips, By providing an indented A0r`c'rimped armv 6, it will be noted that 'the arm, When-i1nbedded, will be positively anchored in the mortar against longitudinal movement, however;A the arms 6 caxr vbe stamped to provide various kinds of `anchoring shoulders, for instance letters as vshowny in E igure =2.

Referring to Figure4, the structure is the same ,as shown in Figures 1 to 3 with theekception the arm 6 is arovided with transverse crimps 10 for anchoring the arm in the mortar, crimps being shown. instead of the stamped letters 11 shown on the arm 6 of Figure 2. Referring to Figures 5to 8 inclusive, in this form ofinventionthe structure and Opf eration is substantially the same with the enf ception the loops 7a are substantially triangular shaped in 4vertical and, longitudinal sectionfor the reception of angle bars 12,r to whichr` any kind of a. facing may be attached, by attaching vthe same tothe barsthrough spaced apertures .13 therein. The bars 12 are heldagainst longitudinal movement within the loops 7 it by means 'of wires 14, which are passed through the apertures lmof the loopsLand one 'of the-apertures 13.015 thebars, as clearly: shown in, FigureV 6, after which the wire istwistedtogetherat 16, theretere itzwill be seen thatthebonds are held on thev bars at fixed positions andE during the building of the wall, either from brick as yshown in ,Figure 1, or tile 1f?, shownin u're5or cement blocks 18, shown in, Figure i eo 8thear1ns 6 may be easilyandV quickly placed between the. courses at. predetermined posi,- tions, thereby .attaching the furringstrips yto whichwall facingsmay be attached for forming net ,o'nly Y,ananch'orin0" y,means 'for the Wall facing 4, as shown in :Figure 1, but ai;

position the furring strips may be anchored .toathe bondsby .wiresvl or bythe nails 20 wherea wooden :turring strip is used as shown -inFigu'res 71 and 3.

. From the abovey will be seen that a fur- Vring strip bond is provided which is simple in construction, formed. from a single piece ofjmetal, stamped and bentto orm,the loops may .be opened-for inserting Ithe furringstrip, a'ndwli'enthe loops are closed interengaging vshoulders Vare provided between the. .armsf6fand 8 and. means is provided for anchoring `thestrips to theloops.

The invention having been set forth what is claimedas new and useffulis:

lA .fur'ring stripanchor comprising a strip receiving loop, the ends vof saidloopterminating ,adjaCent' each: other, v arms carried by said loop ends, a plastic material in which Vsaid arms are embedded, tsaid arms beingin registration, :fstruck in -interengaging lugs, L

one withinthe other carried by sadarms -andl coop,'e'1'^ating with each y other whereby lateral displacement of the arms in,v any directionin relationto each other is prevented, said :plastic material fprming means wherebysaid armsare maintained in engagement signature.

" JOSEPH P. PAULISSEN.

witheachother, said lugs being spaced from 

